Round 10 July 16, Hampton at home: No mugs at APLTC and Alan storms off....
Rnd 10 Hampton at home July 9 Summary:
APLTC had it’s best win of the season on Saturday against Hampton at home, winning 71% (40 to 16) of the games and gaining 8 points (the only other time we’ve won 8-0 is against Hampton United in the 1st round)! Scores were: 1st pair Dean & Vic 10-4,10-2 and 2nd pair Mark & Nosti 10-3, 10-7. Congratulations for a great result!! No mugs at APLTC this week!
Snatch Report:
No one was deemed an arsehole this week as both pairs easily
won their games and bought home the bacon. Brilliant result, best of the season
so far! We’ve nearly won as many points in the 1st 3 rounds as we
did in the entire 1st half of the season.
There was little controversy or surprise, apart from Deano losing his serve which caused a demonstrably loud sucking of breath by Kevin and a glaring death stare by his partner Vic. One of the Hampton’s 2nd pair was a 12 yr old (whose father just happens to be Hampton’s Club coach), who nearly reached up to Deano’s knees in height, and who had all of us intimidated with a wicked pacey forehand and surprisingly level-headed temperament. He probably hasn’t discovered girls yet…
Alan came to watch the games but stormed off early
when he realised how good the result was going to be, given it was the first
match he hadn’t played in….
Special secret Team Issues:
All this recent success has had dire repercussions on the Team; those that began the season pleasant and supportive have become angry and combative, whist those that started aggressive and competitive have morphed into touch-feely complacent wannabe Ken dolls:
The Captain puts this down to his extraordinary good skippering skills and feels, now that his job in turning the team around from what started the season as a collective mutiny in the 1st match to a juggernaut of talent focused on securing a spot in the semis, that he should pass the reigns of responsibility to someone else for the impending summer competition. The forms have arrived and need to be sent by mid-August by the new summer Captain. Who shall it be????
The selection, voting and inniation of a Team Captain is secret business for people in the know. The nominee, given his invaluable mentoring to the captain this season, is Yuri.
AND YURI HAS ACCEPTED!
All supportive comments can be sent to what_about_me@yuri.com.au, and complaints to spam_blocked_virus_quarantine@yuri.com.au.
Here are the opinions of some team members (not that it matters as captain election is not a democratic process!):
Cons:
We were expecting the usual high standard of Afternoon Tea
at APLTC especially for our refined, posh Hampton guests, and even though beer,
chocolate cake, hot hand-cut chips were part of the faire, the basics were a
disaster! No milk, no tea, no mugs could be found! APLTC is seriously
looking at losing it’s 2 thumbs up, 2 smack of the lips and a lick of chops
rating. Alan, obviously knowing what was to happen, couldn’t face the
embarrassment and left just before tea was served. So, without Alan, there is
no official review J
Next Snatch:
An away game against Glenhuntly (Surface is en-tous-cas) who are running 2nd last in the ladder. Team is Dean & Victor again, with Nick & Yuri. And yes, Alan is NOT playing again! We’re looking at an 8-0 victory if you don’t want to be talked about badly behind your backs for the next 2 months. No pressure….
Practice is on again this Thursday, 6.30pm weather permitting.
Stay with the momentum, the trend is your friend…..
APLTC had it’s best win of the season on Saturday against Hampton at home, winning 71% (40 to 16) of the games and gaining 8 points (the only other time we’ve won 8-0 is against Hampton United in the 1st round)! Scores were: 1st pair Dean & Vic 10-4,10-2 and 2nd pair Mark & Nosti 10-3, 10-7. Congratulations for a great result!! No mugs at APLTC this week!
Team
|
season 1st half
|
season 2nd half
|
||
% games won
|
points
|
% games won
|
points
|
|
MCC
|
20%
|
0
|
61%
|
7
|
Hamton U
|
63%
|
8
|
59%
|
7
|
Hampton
|
52%
|
6
|
71%
|
8
|
Glenhuntly
|
46%
|
2
|
||
Port Melb
|
48%
|
2
|
||
Mordialloc
|
57%
|
6
|
||
Parkdale
|
43%
|
2
|
||
26
|
22
|
|||
There was little controversy or surprise, apart from Deano losing his serve which caused a demonstrably loud sucking of breath by Kevin and a glaring death stare by his partner Vic. One of the Hampton’s 2nd pair was a 12 yr old (whose father just happens to be Hampton’s Club coach), who nearly reached up to Deano’s knees in height, and who had all of us intimidated with a wicked pacey forehand and surprisingly level-headed temperament. He probably hasn’t discovered girls yet…
Special secret Team Issues:
All this recent success has had dire repercussions on the Team; those that began the season pleasant and supportive have become angry and combative, whist those that started aggressive and competitive have morphed into touch-feely complacent wannabe Ken dolls:
The Captain puts this down to his extraordinary good skippering skills and feels, now that his job in turning the team around from what started the season as a collective mutiny in the 1st match to a juggernaut of talent focused on securing a spot in the semis, that he should pass the reigns of responsibility to someone else for the impending summer competition. The forms have arrived and need to be sent by mid-August by the new summer Captain. Who shall it be????
The selection, voting and inniation of a Team Captain is secret business for people in the know. The nominee, given his invaluable mentoring to the captain this season, is Yuri.
AND YURI HAS ACCEPTED!
All supportive comments can be sent to what_about_me@yuri.com.au, and complaints to spam_blocked_virus_quarantine@yuri.com.au.
Here are the opinions of some team members (not that it matters as captain election is not a democratic process!):
Pros:
·
The match email
will be in Ukrainian
·
Yuri will play in
every match (this was a comment from Yuri himself)
·
The leadership of
the Team moves further East (from Germany to Poland to the Ukraine) towards
mother Russia ….
·
Mark will never get
a game
·
No more stupid long
weekly emails
·
Yuri might actually enjoy the sense of power
(even though there isn’t any) and never give the Captaincy up….
·
Being of questionable pedigree, no chance of
ever becoming a Ken doll wannabe
Cons:
·
Yuri will play in
every match
·
As Yuri is a
communist you will have to join his Party to play (the good news is that Yuri’s
Sensational Slav Party doesn’t stand for anything and he only has it so he can
be chairman and feel elitist)
·
Yuri might actually follow his own leadership mentoring
advice given to the current Captain
·
Yuri responsible ????
Peanut Gallery:
Thanks to Kevin & Alan & Yuri for coming down to
watch our hour of glory, and Dave who lasted his usual 10 minutes before
waddling off laughing…..
The Big Tissue:
We were expecting the usual high standard of Afternoon Tea
at APLTC especially for our refined, posh Hampton guests, and even though beer,
chocolate cake, hot hand-cut chips were part of the faire, the basics were a
disaster! No milk, no tea, no mugs could be found! APLTC is seriously
looking at losing it’s 2 thumbs up, 2 smack of the lips and a lick of chops
rating. Alan, obviously knowing what was to happen, couldn’t face the
embarrassment and left just before tea was served. So, without Alan, there is
no official review J
Next Snatch:
An away game against Glenhuntly (Surface is en-tous-cas) who are running 2nd last in the ladder. Team is Dean & Victor again, with Nick & Yuri. And yes, Alan is NOT playing again! We’re looking at an 8-0 victory if you don’t want to be talked about badly behind your backs for the next 2 months. No pressure….
Practice is on again this Thursday, 6.30pm weather permitting.
Stay with the momentum, the trend is your friend…..
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